Scottish gossip: Van den Berg, Spencer, Sigur, Ugresic, Mahmic, Fofana

Celtic are reportedly close to signing PSV Eindhoven's Joel van den Berg, but they and Rangers appear to have missed out on other targets as Dundee United consider another bid for Falkirk's Brad Spencer.

A Celtic delegation is in the Netherlands to discuss the acquisition of midfielder Joel van den Berg, with the 19-year-old open to a transfer having yet to become a first-team regular with PSV Eindoven . ( VI , external )

PSV Eindhoven seem poised to sell Joel van den Berg to Celtic after the midfielder was pulled out of the Jong PSV side for their second-tier match with RKC Waalwijk on Friday, according to Dutch journalist Rik Elfrink. ( Glasgow Times , external )

Hajduk Split head coach Gonzalez Garcia has confirmed Celtic target Niko Sigur has played his last game for the club, but although the 22-year-old midfielder is reportedly keen to join the Scottish Champions, they face competition from Genk and Toulouse . ( The National , external )

Partizan Belgrade president Rasim Ljajic says they rejected a bid from Celtic for playmaker Ognjen Ugresic because they had already given their word to PAOK to sell the 20-year-old for £400,000 less than the Scottish champions offered. ( Mozzart Sport , external )

Celtic are set to miss out on Ermin Mahmic, with Turkish outlet Sport Klub reporting that the 21-year-old Slovan Liberec midfielder has agreed a £4.3m transfer to newly promoted Super Lig club Corum . ( Glasgow Times , external )

Saturday's English & European transfer rumours

Who has your Premiership club brought in & let go this summer?

Friday's Scottish Gossip Published 1 day ago

Rangers look set to miss out on Lens striker Rayan Fofana on loan, with L'Equipe stating that the 20-year-old has made it clear he wants to stay in France and join Le Harve . ( L'Equipe via Daily Record , external )

Dundee United are weighing up another approach for 30-year-old midfielder Brad Spencer after being undeterred by Falkirk manager John McGlynn's angry reaction to the Tangerines' latest offer. ( The Courier , external )

Aron Benjaminsen will fly to Scotland on Monday to join Heart of Midlothian after the 18-year-old winger provided an assist in his final game for Vikingur as they lost 3-1 to HB Torshavn. ( Trondur Arge on X , external )

Nottingham Forest are set to bid for 16-year-old St Mirren forward Luke Douglas. ( Daily Record , external )

Scotland midfielder John McGinn has revealed that, before his transfer to Aston Villa , Hibernian had agreed to sell him to Celtic if the Scottish champions matched their valuation, but a suitable bid never arrived. ( The Overlap , external )